A compilation of the selected parts of the Quran with commentaries, THE MESSAGE OF THE QURAN- A GUIDE TO MANKIND was released at the Siasat Urdu Daily, Diamond Jubilee Hall. The well attended programme by Scholars, Educationists and intellectuals of the city with a good number of school students was quite an enlightening programme bringing in the much needed and neglected awareness of the Quran and its significance and relevance to the present day English moorings and identity.
For in the present day Education scenario, where English medium school education has become a pride and status symbol, which cannot be undermined rather is a must given the demands of the time, the present generation of Muslim youngsters are growing distant and in most the cases they are totally unaware of their own religious teachings and demands, the same could be said of their parents in majority of the cases for such have been the trends for the past 20 to 30 years in craze of going for the convent and English medium schools for better prospects in the open competition.
Thus a growing alienation and indifference has been setting in the present day Muslims vis a vis their religious responsibilities and duties. A good number of individuals and institutions are doing their best in their own ways to rectify the damaging trend and kept the community connected with the religious tenets especially the teaching and callings of the Quran.
The publication of the book was one such attempt by the Khan Bhadur Babu Khan Foundation, Chairman Mr. Basheeruddin Babu Khan, Former Minister, Educationist and Social worker to make, especially the school students and youngsters aware of the message and tenets of the Quran in a easily understood language and format.
The book is compiled by Mr. Mohd. Ziauddin Nayyar the vice president of the Iqbal Academy, who has done a commendable job of encompassing the while purport of the exhaustive Quran in just 120 pages, in simple English under separate sections with relevant headings, applicable to our times the book was released by Shah Ali Abbasii the former Head of the Islamic Studies OU who was all praise for the book and its timely need Mr Dipaker Kunda, a neo-Muslim also spoke about his experiences & the merits and uniqueness of the Quran and its message.
Later Mr. Babu Khan highlighted the various welfare and community uplifting programmes intuited by the Khan Bahadur Babu Khan foundation in the memory late father Khan Bahadur Babukhan, the illustration pioneering and philanthropist.
A vote of thanks was proposed by Ms Anjum Babukhan, the principal of the Springfield & Glendale Educational Academy.
The book is a good read not just for Muslims but also others in general for there is mush food for thought in it for our given troubled and confounding times and lives.